Monthly Archives: January 2011

Capture Your Competitors’ Customers – Even When The Boss Says It Can’t Be Done

While conducting research for my new book, Capture Your Competitors’ Customers, and KEEP Them, Bob Faught, a valued client and VP of Marketing for Nova Solutions, shared the experience below. (At the time it occurred, he was a regional sales manager for a commercial furniture manufacturer.) Continue reading

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Forging the Link Between Sales and Marketing— Making it Happen Before It’s Too Late

Although the Polaroid story occurred in the sixties, this marketing miss continues in business. Today, there are vivid examples. The airline industry’s push for more customers while reducing customer benefits. The domestic auto industry failing to develop high quality, high efficiency vehicles for the American market. These examples reflect an organization’s failure to forge a solid relationship between marketing and sales that can spell disaster. Continue reading

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Generating Business in a Challenging Economy— Why You Shouldn’t Wait “Until Things Turn Around”

TweetAs in life, business undergoes the cyclical patterns of nature and the environment. Today, companies are entering a cycle of demanding challenges created by the economic downturn in key industries. share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook … Continue reading

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How to Offer Real “Value-Added” Without Sacrificing Your Profit

Tweet“It’s not just about selling. It’s about communicating with your customers and sales team to determine the best ways to add value to your product or service without lowering your price so low that you can barely make a profit.” … Continue reading

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Capture Your Competitor’s Customers With Confidence

Every season, we hear sports professionals state with supreme confidence that they will be the champions by the end of their respective seasons. Of course, there can be only one champion at any season’s end. Continue reading

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How to Get the Most From Attending a Trade Show

TweetYou made the effort and attended the show. Now what do you do with all the information that you gathered? Exhibiting in an industry show is the best marketing vehicle for suppliers and service providers to physically obtain access to … Continue reading

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